Vale Schmidt
@curioussprout.bsky.social
Ph.D. Candidate in the Hopkins lab @HarvardOEB where I study the genetic architecture of hybrid incompatibilities in Phlox. 🌸
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I've been thinking a lot about that bumper sticker which says "everything looks like a conspiracy theory when you don't understand how anything works" and folks it's pretty obvious to me that the people in power right now have absolutely no desire to understand how anything works.
March 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I've been thinking a lot about that bumper sticker which says "everything looks like a conspiracy theory when you don't understand how anything works" and folks it's pretty obvious to me that the people in power right now have absolutely no desire to understand how anything works.
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‘“Nature has its way of taking out the weak and the not so well and the injured. The eagle likely thought it would be able to take it out quite easily,” Sequeira [the Ontario-based photographer] said. “But, it wasn’t.””
Canada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on ice
Photographer captures 20-minute clash between birds emblematic of Canada and US amid high trade tensions
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:53 AM
‘“Nature has its way of taking out the weak and the not so well and the injured. The eagle likely thought it would be able to take it out quite easily,” Sequeira [the Ontario-based photographer] said. “But, it wasn’t.””
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March 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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This is what should be driving us every time we vote.
January 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This is what should be driving us every time we vote.
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I don't know who needs to hear this,
but "scientists don't know everything and have been wrong before"
does not mean that a random-ass conspiracy theory with no evidence
should be given the same respect as the overwhelming weight of scientific evidence and expert consensus.
but "scientists don't know everything and have been wrong before"
does not mean that a random-ass conspiracy theory with no evidence
should be given the same respect as the overwhelming weight of scientific evidence and expert consensus.
January 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this,
but "scientists don't know everything and have been wrong before"
does not mean that a random-ass conspiracy theory with no evidence
should be given the same respect as the overwhelming weight of scientific evidence and expert consensus.
but "scientists don't know everything and have been wrong before"
does not mean that a random-ass conspiracy theory with no evidence
should be given the same respect as the overwhelming weight of scientific evidence and expert consensus.
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January 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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